Vol 61 No 15 | NIGERIA Fight in the last chance saloon 23rd July 2020 After hearing the arguments, a London court is about to rule on whether Abuja can challenge a record-breaking US$10 billion award against it A substantial part of Nigeria's foreign financing strategy and the fortunes of a New York hedge fund, in partnership with an obscure entity registered in the British Virgin...
Vol 64 No 17 | NIGERIABRITAIN Courting Diezani 24th August 2023 Under investigation by Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) for a decade, Nigeria's former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke was charged on 22 August with several bribery offences. Alison-Madueke has...
Vol 44 No 17 | NIGERIA Mob rule 29th August 2003 Mafia-style politics in the south-east raise more doubts about President Obasanjo's election victory The kidnapping of Anambra State Governor Chris Ngige and the subsequent impunity of those involved have dealt another blow to the credibility of President Olusegun Obasanjo's post-election government...
Vol 53 No 9 | NIGERIA Half-truths on subsidies 27th April 2012 The report on the US$6.8 billion fuel subsidy fraud by the Chairman of the National Assembly Ad Hoc Committee, Farouk Lawan, was tabled on 24 April....
Vol 41 No 9 | NIGERIA Promises, promises 28th April 2000 Two new rows are brewing about Nigeria's debt. One concerns the whereabouts of some US$700-800 million of Nigerian promissory notes. Although the International Monetary Fund says that there...